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I know you meant well, but you made such a mess of Drayton that I didn't have time to fix it completely. To start with: please learn how the etymology templates work before copying them between entries- your edits placed the entry in CAT:Old English words prefixed with dræg- (which probably shouldn't exist, since the word looks more like a compound than a combination of affixes), CAT:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic, CAT:Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European, CAT:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Gaulish, CAT:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Celtic, CAT:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European, CAT:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic and CAT:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European. You also found a number of new and creative ways to violate our Entry layout rules, with content scattered in places where it didn't belong and everything thoroughly mixed around. Please read the resources linked to above so you don't unintentionally cause more unnecessary work. Thanks! Chuck Entz (talk) 03:23, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
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Etymology templates edit
Should categorize only in the language of the page they are on. In an Old English section for example there should be no categories for "Icelandic words derived from..." etc. All stages should refer to Old English. DTLHS (talk) 15:58, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
wyrp edit
Hi ! Where did you find the meaning of wyrp meaning "a die" ? Leasnam (talk) 02:16, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi Leasnam It's mostly conjecture from that Wurpilaz (https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurpilaz) has the meaning of a die (probably to translate its use in gospel texts when the Romans used dice. Bosworth Toller gives the Old English form wyrpel as a vervel ring, on the other hand the noun form wyrp (without -el) still has the meaning of a "cast, throwing". This meaning continues into Middle English (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED53750), but its use as a die is mostly reconstruction and conjecture from meaning. The only overt reference in Bosworth Toller to die/dice is "tæflere" (gamer, dicer, gambler), suggesting that Anglo-Saxons may have had dice as part of tæfl-games.
Latin on your user page edit
Hi Adam. There are some mistakes in the Latin on your user page. Besides the fact that this suggests to me that you shouldn't really claim to speak it, I thought you might benefit from some pointers. In modern Latin, an Anglicanus is an Anglican; the mediaeval term Anglicus is to be preferred for an Englishman. The formula you used for giving your name should have nomen in the nominative. Loquor does not govern the accusative in that manner, and indeed the language should be expressed as an adverb, latine. There are also some stylistic issues (e.g. verbs should by default go at the end of a phrase), but they are not technically incorrect, merely awkward. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 03:17, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
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Recent ban by Chuck Entz edit
Why has my account been blocked? You have given the reason that it is for abusing multiple accounts and ban evasion, but I have only this one account and have abused no one on this site - I don't even know how to send messages to people on Wiktionary, so I am hoping that you can read this at least.
At the very most the only 'crime' I have made here is to reinstate edits where my edit has been removed for improper formatting.
Sometimes I have made etymology edits having forgotten to log in on my phone, but nothing of which you have accused me. This ban is against the IP account 82.132.184.0/22, and yet after checking the recent edits of this account, I have been involved in NONE of those edits.
Your block of my account is completely mistaken and without any cause and I wish it to be revoked immediately. Arkhaeaeon (talk) 14:48, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Your account isn't blocked. The internet protocal address you're using is in a range also used by someone who's been evading a block by constantly creating new accounts. The only way I could stop it was to impose a IP range block. I checked, and you're obviously not the same person- so I made your account IP Block Exempt. That means the block won't affect you as long as you're logged in. Sorry you had to get caught up in this mess. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Cheers Chuck, much appreciated. Arkhaeaeon (talk) 19:26, 4 August 2021 (UTC)